LITURGIES

Sundays 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.

Weekdays 8:00 a.m., Saturday 8:30 a.m. ********************************************

DAILY ROSARY DEVOTIONS I pray the Holy Rosary daily at 7:30 a.m.

Please join me when you can. +

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CONFESSION

Every Saturday - 2:00 - 4:00 pm or by app’t.

Sunday - before Mass and ending 10 minutes before

Mass begins.

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READINGS Mat 16 : 13 - 20

2Co 11 : 21 - 30

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READERS

Sunday, June 24 - 8:30am Danny Abou Elias

Sunday, June 24 - 11:00am George Zogbi

Sunday, July 1 - 8:30am Paul Boulos

Sunday, July 1 - 11:00am Tina Maroon

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Counting Our Blessings

Sunday, June 17, 2018 $2,069.00

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EVENTS TO COME

LADIES GUILD MEETING

Sunday, August 19, 2018

MEN'S CLUB MEETING

Sunday, July 22, 2018

CAREGIVERS MEETING

Sunday, July 15, 2018

FIRST FRIDAY ADORATION

July 6, 2018 8:30am

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Second Collection - June 24, 2018 –

Peter’s Pence

IMPORTANT DATES IN JULY

-Tuesday, July 3 - Church cleaning in preparation for

the visit of Bishop Elias. Volunteers needed.

-Wednesday, July 4 - Morning Liturgy 9:00 am –

National Holiday,

Independence Day. Welcome everyone.

-Wednesday, July 4 - 4th

of July parade. Volunteers

needed to hand out Festival Fliers.

-Thursday, July 5 - Altar Servers rehearsal for the

visit of Bishop Elias, 10:00 am. All Altar Servers are

invited to serve at the Liturgy with Bishop Elias.

-Friday, July 6 - First Friday Adoration of the

Blessed Sacrament, 8:30am – 12:00 noon.

-Saturday, July 7 - First Saturday Rosary Devotion –

7:50am.

-Sunday, July 8 - Pontifical Divine Liturgy with

Bishop Elias Zaidan – 10:30 am Reception/12:00 noon.

*8:30 am Liturgy as usual for those unable to attend

Mass at 10:30 am.

-Monday, July 9 - Annual Priest Meeting in

Houston, Texas with both Eparchies. Father will return

Thursday, July 12. No Morning Masses Tuesday,

Wednesday and Thursday.

Masses resume Friday, July 13, 8:00am

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THE MIRACULOUS CHALICE OF ST. PADRE PIO We will welcome the use of a miraculous

chalice of St. Padre Pio on Sunday, July 1 at

both Liturgies.

A special note for your information,

Subdeacon Paul Boulous had the privilege of

bringing this chalice to Lebanon for his visit.

There were so many requests for the visit of

this Chalice he had to visit two churches on

the same day and many visitors were in

attendance. Please invite friends and

neighbors to come with you to church on

Sunday July 1.

Let’s learn something about the

Apostles of Jesus Christ.

Do we actually know their names?

Who were they?

The Holy Apostle St. Thomas

The Holy Apostle St. Thomas was born a

Hebrew but he died a martyr’s death as one of

The 12 men privileged to follow Jesus as His

Apostle. He is a well -known Apostle and he is a

beloved Saint to many.

When Jesus was on a journey and He received a word about His close friend

Lazarus being very ill He began a return back to Judea.

As the scriptures tell us, the Apostle Thomas expressed concern for the Lord’s safety

as tensions were growing and a threat for His life was so real and so Thomas urged all the

Apostles to return with Him and if necessary die with Him.

This Apostle St. Thomas, at the time of the Last Supper said to the Lord “how do we

know the way?” The well- remembered response from the Lord to Thomas was, “I am the

Way, the Truth and the Life.”

The greatest memory of this Apostle is at the time the Lord was risen from the dead

and he was the only Apostle who did not get to see Him. His famous words were “unless I

put my hand into His side I will not believe.” It was so important to Jesus that He returned

and when St. Thomas put his hand in the side of Jesus he became a believer and a truly

great witness to Jesus risen from the dead.

After Pentecost when all the Apostles were anointed and filled with the Holy Spirit

St. Thomas made his way as far east as India bringing the faith to the Malabar Coast. The

faithful in this region identify themselves as the Christians of St. Thomas the Apostle.

His martyrdom is described as being speared to death at a place called Calamine.

His Feast Day is on July 3.

All of us needs to learn the truths of our Holy Catholic Church well so we too can be like the

Apostles and go out and teach everyone so they can believe in Jesus who is our Holy Lord

the Promised One. Everyone should know who Jesus is.

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As we learn about the Apostles of Our Lord Jesus may we want to know more about them

and may we grow to love as they loved and live our Christian life the way they did which

may include giving our very life for the Lord if we have to.

June 24, 2018

Sts. Peter & Paul, Apostles www.ourladyofthecedarschurch.org

Divine Liturgy Schedule June 24

th, 2018 through July 1

st, 2018

Sunday 24

8:30 Shadeed & Haddad Families by Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Shadeed

8:30 John Schoblocher by Tom & Yvonne Jesser

11:00 Wadih Charro by OLOC CAREGIVERS

11:00 Wakim Zaher, 40 DayLiturgy, by Elie, George Akiki &

Family, and Theresa Haddad & Family

11:00 Fr. Basil Sadaka, Nicholas Makhoul by the Family

Birth of John the Baptist,

Martyr

Monday 25 8:00 Special Intentions of Fr. Bill Zechariah and Elizabeth, Parents of

John the Baptist, Confessors

Tuesday 26 8:00 Special Intentions for all our Parish Youth St. Josemaria Escriva, Confessor /

Bl. Yaacub the Capuchin, Confessor

Wednesday 27 8:00 Special Intentions of Fr. Bill St. Cyril of Alexandria, Bishop,

Doctor of the Church

Thursday 28 8:00 Special Intentions for the family of Anne Mattei St. Irenaeus, Martyr

Friday 29 8:00 Special Intentions of Fr. Bill Sts. Peter and Paul, Apostles

Saturday 30 8:30 Pierre Ojeil by Subdeacon Paul Boulos The Twelve Apostles

Sunday 1

8:30 Norman Jesser, 10yr Anniversary, by

Tom & Yvonne Jesser & Family

8:30 Beverly Alessio by Michel & Christine Sadie

8:30 John Schoblocher by OLOC CAREGIVERS

11:00 Joseph Saad by Nathan & Maria Stewart

11:00 Salwa Sabbagh, 2yr Anniversary, by the Sabbagh Family

St. Junipero Serra,

Confessor

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Email: sanctityoflife@live.com

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What can I do to make our 30th Food

Festival a great success this year?

I’m so glad you asked.

For the silent auction table:

(___) You could donate a variety of gift cards

for a Gift Card basket.

(___) You could donate some liquor for a

Basket of Cheer

(___) You could donate movie tickets for an

Entertainment basket.

(___) Donate lottery tickets for for a special basket

by Wafa.

(___) Create your own gift basket with your

Favorite kinds of gifts.

Thank you very much for all you do for the good

success of this years 30th Annual Lebanese Food

Festival. Everyone’s help is so valuable.

Make a commitment. Be a volunteer.

Help is needed on Friday and Saturday.

Choose an area you would like to help at and

contact the coordinator with your information

or call the Parish Office – 330-666-3598.

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FESTIVAL ADVERTISERS WANTED!

Are you interesting in advertising at our Annual

Lebanese Festival? Our Festival is visited by thousands

of guests each day and those guests COULD be seeing

your business banner boldly displayed in FULL

COLOR!

Contact: Roger Hamad at

330-338-9719

The Banner is yours to keep after the Festival or you

can have it saved for the NEXT years advertising!

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THANK YOU FOR RESPONDING TO THE EVENT FOR BISHOP ELIAS

At this time we have 63 guests reserved for the July 8

reception.

All parishioners and friends of our Parish are asked to

make your reservations as soon as possible.

Thank you very much.

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PREPARING FOR THE PASTORAL

VISIT OF BISHOP ELIAS AND THE

FEAST OF ST. ELIAS

1) Church Cleaning - Let’s clean our Church on

Tuesday, July 3 – 10:00 am. Volunteer help of

all ages is much needed to make the work go

faster.

2) Altar Servers – All Altar Servers who wish to

serve the Pontifical Divine Liturgy with Bishop

Elias on July 8 must attend the rehearsal on

Thursday, July 5, 10:00 am. The usual lunch

thing will follow rehearsal.

3) Reception Reservations – R.S.V.P. JULY 2.

A mailing announcing the visit of Bishop Elias

along with a RESERVATION FORM has been

mailed out to all the Parish Family. Please

make your reservations as soon as possible so

we can be well prepared for you. This invitation

is extended to all friends and guests outside our

Parish Family but they too must contact the

Parish Office for a count of their reservations

by July 2.

4) Reception Offerings – Our reception honoring

Bishop Elias will be a similar format to our

Annual Family Banquets however this is not an

annual event and so there are no sponsors for

the many food expenses. And so for this reason

we ask all guests to keep this in mind at the

time the ushers approach each table for your

donation.

Now that we have hit our 70 Day count-down to the 2018 Lebanese Festival, we will start

sharing more details to make our 30th

Anniversary the MOST SUCCESSFUL YET! Watch

the bulletin each week for important information like: cooking days and times, event planning

meeting dates and times and ways you can help to promote our BIG event.

If you use social media, please “Like” and “Share” our Facebook page

https://www.facebook.com/OLCLebaneseFestival/ If you have great photos of our past Festivals, please share those as well.

If you have great ideas for ways to improve our event,

COME TO OUR NEXT MEETING!

June 27, 2018 at 6:30 pm in our Conference Room

If you are looking to share your time & talents in the KITCHEN,

our next cooking days are:

SPINACH FATAYER: Monday, June 25, 2018 9:00am Hall Kitchen

Thank You Everyone For Helping Put On This Greatest Fundraiser For Our Parish

We are ready to collect all your unwanted treasures for the Flea

Market project for the Festival this year. NO CLOTHES PLEASE.

All furniture items will be collected in the rectory garage, all

other goodies will be collected in conference room # 2.

Thank you for your help.

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impact in your life? From helping your family

member through a hard time, to a homily that

improved your understanding about the Faith,

these men have been huge parts of our lives. AM

1260 The Rock wants to hear your story about an

important priest in your life! These stories will be

recorded and shared with our listeners. Email or

call us at

info@am1260therock.com or 216-227-1260.

Help us to tell our priests what they mean to us!

The Fairlawn July 4th Independence Day Parade will

officially kick off our festival advertising efforts!

Volunteers are needed to pass out flyers and candy

along the parade route.

The Parade will be held on Wednesday, July 4th at

4:30 pm. We will line up at St. Hilary’s Parking lot

beginning at 3:30 pm.

(Please note that this year all participants must

enter off Moorefield Road and exit onto West

Market Street. There will be no entrance from W.

Market Street.)

The parade will step off from the St. Hilary parking lot

at 4:30 pm, head west on W. Market Street and

conclude in the 3320 W. Market Street parking lot

(directly across from Summit Mall)

If you’re able to participate, please contact Leo

Michael leomichael@att.net (330)836-7280

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SOME GOOD REASONS WE CONDUCT

OUR ANNUAL FOOD FESTIVAL

1. We take the opportunity to share our beautiful

heritage with everyone in our area. Each year

we get supper positive feedback from our many

visitors.

2. This Parish Event brings our Parish Family of

all ages together to work with each other and

enjoy being together for these very busy days.

3. The income from the Annual Lebanese Food

Festival helps with the regular expenses almost

each month. Without the Festival income we

would have a terrible struggle.

The Parish needs the income from this event. All

Parishioners are encouraged to help as much as

possible.

- A big thanks to all parishioner volunteers

for your over the top response to helping

prepare food and baked goods for our

upcoming Festival. You work so very well

together and your loving spirit is beautiful.

- Another very big thanks to all the

members of the Ladies Guild for all you

did to make the celebration of Father’s Day

the best. Thank you for the great dishes of

food. The presentation and the menu was

award winning. Thank you.

- Thank you to all our Dad’s. You all make

great Fathers for your families and for our

Parish Family as well. My loving prayers

are with you daily.

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HONORING THE FEAST OF ST. SHARBEL Following the morning Liturgies on Friday, July 20,

Saturday, July 21, & Sunday, July 22 we will offer a

novena prayer for all your intentions. On Sunday, July

22 I will present a relic of St. Sharbel for your personal

blessing and veneration.

ON THE FEAST DAY

Monday, July 23 is the actual feast day of

St. Sharbel, the Divine Liturgy

will be at 8:00 am.

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MORE ALTAR SERVER NEWS

A class for new Altar Servers will be given on

Tuesday, June 26 – 10:00 am. All new Altar

Servers and anyone wanting a refresher

practice are most welcome to attend. It really

is a privilege to serve Our Lord at His Altar.

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OUR LEBANESE FESTIVAL

IS IN NEED OF VOLUNTEERS

Please SIGN-UP. Please JOIN US!

Commit to a specific event OR

Commit to a specific time

WE NEED YOU!